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my understanding is that you would need internet for all of those...well specifically for skype yes...wifi-that is how i understood my blackberry to be....but alas i was wrong.....read read read as much as you can before turning that thing on!!!!or you (or he) is going to get a big bill....

the phone companys arent gonna let you have data sevice without a phone pkg. thats why they callem smart phones, they do everything. If you want a itouch then buy one they're pretty cool. my bro-inlaw has one they rock.

One can Skype on a 2g Touch so I though it might work on a iPhone 3g using wiFi .

The GPS is what I wanted to play with to tell the truth and I thought it had a GPS chip so didn't need the phone part to work ??

As long as you're on a WiFi network, you can use skype on the 3G. And yes, the 3G iPhone does have a GPS chip. As an FYI, Apple is gearing up to replace the iPod Touch soon. It is strongly rumored to have the upgraded hardware (GPS included), plus the digital compass. That's a very nice feature to have when coupled with the GPS, btw!

The iPhone 3G uses AGPS, or "assisted GPS". It requires the cell phone network to function.

Regarding the cell contract, presumably he's keeping the contract - he's getting a new iPhone after all, why wouldn't he be on the same account?

You should be able to use the wifi. The question is, can it be locked out remotely be the cell company? I know that you have to hack an iPhone to get it to work without being activated on a cell network, but I'm not sure how it goes when you get one that was previously activated but is no longer connected.

A GPS info I found on an Apple site :( it should work without a service contract , hell any phone reads cell towers )

How it works.GPS (Global Positioning System) technology uses information from earth-orbiting satellites to find locations. A receiver estimates the distance to GPS satellites based on the time it takes for signals to reach it, then uses that information to identify its location. But the A-GPS (Assisted GPS) solution on iPhone 3G goes a step further, using a unique approach to find the closest satellites and more quickly identify your position. That gives you a faster fix on your location than with regular GPS.

Get the signal.In addition to A-GPS, iPhone 3G uses signals from GPS satellites, Wi-Fi hot spots, and cellular towers to get the most accurate location fast. If GPS is available, iPhone displays a blue GPS indicator. But if you’re inside — without a clear line of sight to a GPS satellite — iPhone finds you via Wi-Fi. If you’re not in range of a Wi-Fi hot spot, iPhone finds you using cellular towers. And the size of a location circle tells you how accurately iPhone is able to calculate that location: The smaller the circle, the more accurate the location.

Rumtx, I stand by my earlier post that the GPS doesn't work without a 3G connection. I had an Iphone 3G for a month & returned it to AT&T. When I went to the beach with no cell phone signal -- No GPS. It said I needed a cell connection. That's not a real GPS.

Most of the small cities along the OR coast don't have 3G so my Iphone wouldn't work unless I manually changed it to non 3G & the GPS still didn't work.

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